Tag: star trail

  • Tutorial: Turning Star Trails into Comets (with Twinkles!)

    Tutorial: Turning Star Trails into Comets (with Twinkles!)

    Star trails can get boring. Let’s make twinkling comets! But first here’s a story for you. Back in the day, in darkest Winter, the Rangers at Yosemite National Park used to build a big fire on top of Glacier Point and when it was good & hot, they’d push it over the cliff and give…

  • Burning Jeep and the Milky Way at Crater Lake

    Burning Jeep and the Milky Way at Crater Lake

    Here’s our crazy idea. Let’s take a picture that’s never before been done. We’ll start with photographing the entire visible Milky Way, from the bit where it hits the Earth in the south, arcing all the way over to the bit where it hits the Earth in the north (bloody great example here ) .…

  • One Nite In Yose-Mite

    One Nite In Yose-Mite

    [wzslider autoplay=”true” info=”false” lightbox=”true”] I was lucky enough this week to have a spare few hours, so I ran away to Yosemite national park to play in the snow. Prep-work Check the weather forecast. Perfect. Big blue sky, little cloud, and shockingly low temperatures. Check the moon phase. Perfect. 20% waning crescent from 2pm to…

  • Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon

    Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon

    Deanna and I booked a 3 day hike with ‘Just roughin’ it‘, down the North face of the Grand Canyon, across the width, and up the South face. To use the vernacular of the kids, it was awesome. Three days carrying everything we needed to camp, eat, hike and generally survive. None of this would…